At the end of the week…
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It’s been a great week. Seriously. I’ve had the least stressful holiday I have had in probably my entire life. And no, I did not medicate myself.
It was just us, my dad and aunt for the day. My poor mom was sick and stuck at home. The food was good, at least the potatoes were. Have I mentioned that I am not a fan of Thanksgiving? It’s not Thanksgiving I have a problem with, it’s the food. I don’t like turkey, stuffing, gravy and so on. Once I graduated from law school, my parents began to take my hatred of turkey seriously and would grill a steak for me. This year, I forgot to get a steak for myself so I had a huge plate of potatoes. We had three types of potatoes so it worked well for me.
Since we knew the crowd would be small and no littles would be eating pie, we only had two desserts. My dad left before we had dessert, and Lance and I have been eating dessert about every two hours since then. It’s kind of sick. Each time we open the refrigerator, I say I’m throwing everything away after one more piece. I will regret this next week. I am positive.
This has been a pretty stressful year as a Longhorn fan. Last week’s loss was pretty devastating for me. The only good part was listening to Goose yell at the television. This week’s game was a must win. There was the drama of the rivalry ending and emotions were high. And Texas pulled through and won. (Just in case my readers don’t know this.)
Today I had lunch with a good friend who is an Aggie. She was at the game. And was slightly emotional about the loss. I was surprised to hear that she was so emotional as she’s kind of like me when it comes to crying. Her daughter was also surprised and wanted to know why mom was crying. Daughter’s solution to her mom’s tears: “Let’s just cheer for the Longhorns.” Friend immediately tuned to her daughter and told her to “shut up.” I love this story. Makes me love my friend even more.
Goose just lost his second front tooth. He looks a bit crazy actually. Sort of vampire like. And he now talks just a bit funny. And when he runs his tongue where his teeth should be, it looks kind of obnoxious. I hate this whole kids getting older thing. SIGH.
Tomorrow the new translation of the Mass starts. I’m 41, in my entire life, I’ve missed mass about 10 times. Maybe. Even in college. No matter the sin, I was at mass. I’ve said the same prayers at mass my entire life. Over 2000 times. Tomorrow the words change.
I don’t like change.
At all.
Even when my priest tells me that these words are a better translation of the prayers.
This week, I tried to find a place where the old prayers would be said, except that during daily mass, it’s much shorter and you don’t say the creed. Or the Gloria. I love singing the Gloria. The old one. It is hands down, the best part of the Easter Vigil for me. And this year, it will be different. Sigh.
From Nikki Andrews:
Several things….
I was afraid the Our Father was going to be changed too and I didn’t believe people when they said it wouldn’t be.
Every time I messed up the words at mass (we went Saturday night) I said “damn!” under my breath but everyone around me heard. OOPS! Torrey and I kept looking at each other because we were messing up the same things. HA!
The priest at the church we went to in Corpus Christi told us NOT to hold hands during the Our Father. His explanation was good and I went with it. Not a big deal to me. He also told us NOT to send the kids up to the communion line for a blessing. My daughter was so distraught! She took it personally. I don’t know why they teach the kids to do that if they are just going to tell them not to go up there. Weird. Luckily for her, they have been praying with the new missle at her weekly mass at school. They also sang songs at this mass I didn’t really know, which is weird. I know them all!
I know I will learn and memorize the new prayers but they all say the same thing! Just “updated” wording. The meaning seems to be the same. Whatever.
I had to tell my son to “Get out of my face!” at the end of the game. I was LIVID. Esp at that penalty at the end of the game. I should have seen in coming. I was slightly nostalgic at the end of the game but now I am not. That loss sums up our season. Complete disappointment. Bitter sweet day. On to bigger and better things. I welcome the challenges for the football program and I hope the Bball programs don’t lose a step. At the end of the day, I still LOVE my longhorn friends. What happens on the field doesn’t matter when it comes to them. I’d do anything for them. Of course, I couldn’t talk to them for 24 hours after the game! Now I have and I have taken the smack in stide. I gave it to them last year. We all hugged it out and moved on and it was kind of awesome how everyone felt the same way I did. I guess we have grown up. SUX!
And I wore my Aggie shirt the next day loud and proud!
I shall now shift my hatred to the LSU Tigers. 🙂
sorry this is so long!
From Nicole:
I know what you mean about a disappointing season. And what’s worse for me this year is how much Goose loves watching football. I hate for him to be discouraged every Saturday. And…he hates Bama, I’ve been worried about him turning towards LSU since he is a total front runner. I called him on it, and he told me not to worry. He only loves the Longhorns.
I am a total cusser, worse than most guys, and I am always muttering under my breath. In mass.
I haven’t heard about this whole “not sending kids up for a blessing.” That just won’t work for me.
Today at mass, I was looking around at the older people in mass. I felt less sorry for myself. They went through Vatican 2 and now this. That would suck.
From Nikki Andrews:
I hadn’t thought about that. My grandmother had to go through Vatican 2 and now this?? And I had just recently mastered all the prayers in Spanish as well and now I have to start from scratch. DAMMIT!
My daughter almost went up to the communion line out of spite to dare them not to bless her so I had to stay back with her and hold her down. I was literally the last person to receive communion at that service.
I am SO glad I am not the only one who cusses at mass! I don’t mean to but it just comes out.
I can’t blame Goose for liking LSU. We went to the LSU v Kentucky game this year and Death Valley is a blast. My husband had no idea I knew so many country songs by heart. What can I say, it’s standard issue at A&M that you learn some of them. 🙂